| World War II Singapore: The Chosabu Reports on Syonan Contributor(s): Huff, Gregg (Editor), Majima, Shinobu (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9814722626 ISBN-13: 9789814722629 Publisher: National University of Singapore Press OUR PRICE: $57.00 Product Type: Hardcover Published: May 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Asia - Southeast Asia - History | Military - World War Ii |
| Physical Information: 1.6" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (2.30 lbs) 520 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southeast Asian - Chronological Period - 1940's |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: For forty-four months during World War II, the Japanese occupied Singapore, renaming it Syonan and setting out to drastically change life on the island. As part of the occupation, the Japanese created a research bureau, the Chōsabu, to study occupied Singapore. The bureau's detailed reports on the economy covered prices, wages, currency, rationing, living standards, food production, and industrialization. Syonan's military and civilian administrators drew on them when formulating social and economic policies. The reports were notoriously difficult to read, and so this exceptional translation by Gregg Huff and Shinobu Majima is a true linguistic accomplishment. These records are an invaluable record of life during this tumultuous period and are especially important as the Japanese destroyed most records of their wartime administration, leaving the Chōsabu reports as one of the few first-hand sources to have survived. Introductory chapters by the editors position the reports against wartime events in Singapore and examine the careers of the Chōsabu authors and the places they occupy in the history of Japanese economic thought. |
Contributor Bio(s): Huff, Gregg: - Gregg Huff is senior research fellow, Pembroke College, Oxford.Majima, Shinobu: - Shinobu Majima is professor of economic history at Gakushuin University, Japan and a part-time researcher at the Institute of Economic Research at Hitotsubashi University. |